Our 10 FAVORITE HIKES on the BIG ISLAND of HAWAII | With TIPS for Each

You two totally nailed it! Such great hikes. Thank you so much for all of the great tips!

Thank you! I now have a hike for every day of the vacay!

Thank you for doing this video. Super informative and helpful.

Very cool - thanks for the useful tips

I really appreciate your hiking tips. I hope to utilize these tips in the future.

How this video has only 12k views ???? So informative and go straight to the points . Saved me so much time

Very informative and straight to the point! Thank you !

Great video and awesome hikes! Crazy the road is that steep but has a rewarding view. My wife and I are adding these to our list and looking forward to hiking them! New friends from Florida :)

Mahalo for sharing this information. I’m a concierge at one of the resorts along the Kona Coast. I’m excited to do each and every one of these hikes and recommend it to my guests!

Hike #2 Pu uwa awa a is a fantastic hike. GO EARLY. We got there about 7:30 and I think 7:00am would be better, it was very cool to start. The sunrise is beautiful. We are 69 and 53 and we are not "hikers" this was difficult. I took many breaks but the views at the top are worth the trek. A walking stick would have been nice for the steep downhill on the way back. Plenty of water is a must. DO NOT take the Ohia side trail it is washed out in many places up near the end, probably from the horrible storm on December 19th.

Wow great video! We just got back from the big island and did do a few of the hikes mentioned but I feel like I need to go back and do the rest!

Great hiking suggestions for the big island, one more to hike to consider is along the cliffs at the Sea Arch \ Chain of Craters road.

Thank you so much!! The effort was amazing

I hiked wipeo valley about a month ago the hike was brutal but when you got down there it was so worth it

Great list! Another great hike is the 1871 trail at Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau (poo-oo hoh-noo-ah oh hoh-now-now). The bit within the park is only 0.9 miles (1.8 round trip), but it actually continues through a kiawe and grass desert for a total of 2.8 miles (5.6 miles round trip). It was widened in 1871 so that two horses could pass side-by-side and has some amazing rock work along the way. The beach at the end is quite a welcome break. It's a long, but rather flat, hike. Bring proper shoes, sun protection, and half a gallon of water per person if you do the whole thing. Some of the most amazing, fragrant scents I have ever experienced, were on that hike - mystery flowers hidden in the grasses. :D And here are a few pronounciation tips to not sound silly. ;D Basically EVERY time you see the same vowel repeated, you can assume there's an ʻŌkina (ʻ) in-between. The ʻŌkina (ʻ) is pronounced like what's in the middle of Uh-oh. It's called a 'glottal stop'. spelled kii, kuu, puu should be assumed to be kiʻi, kuʻu, puʻu, pronounced kee-ee, koo-oo, poo-oo. A road here on the Kona side is named "Napoopoo" This is not pronounced Nah-poo-poo, it's Na-poh-oh-poh-oh Puʻu Waʻa Waʻa is pronounced (poo-oo vah-ah-vah-ah) Hualālai is pronounced (hwah-LAH-lai) Punaluʻu is pronounced (poo-nah loo-oo) Puʻu Huluhulu is pronounced (poo-oo hoo-loo-hoo-loo) Kaloko-Honokōhau is pronounced (kah-loh-koh hoh-noh-KOH-how) Kīlauea is pronounced (KEE-lahw-ay-ah) Mauna is pronounced mahw-nah, not mah-nah. 'au' sounds like 'oww'. Also, I found the music somewhat distracting from the content. A touch less volume would be a welcome change. Mahalo, a hui hou! (thank you and see you again!)

Always take a compass when hiking over lava fields. The terrain is confusingly similar, and it is easy to lose track of the cairns. Even smooth lava (pahoehoe) is full of cracks, it is not pavement. I have taken most of these hikes, always a pleasure.

Amazing video! Very informative and helpful! Thank you for putting this together!! 😊 Do you know what’s the earliest you can enter the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park? Or what’s the earliest you’ve entered?

Great video. Do you know if any of these trails allow mountain bikes ? JP

Do you guys hike down to Captain Cook and snorkel? One of my favorite things to do. Thanks for the tips, I’m here now and will definitely do the cinder cone ranch loop

When I was younger I used to ride my Mnt Bike up Waipio Valley road no stopping. Yes, its very steep. Waipio valley is so packed these days they're considering limits to access it. It's (Who-wall-la-lie) Hualalai volcano. (Ho-no-ko-how) Honokohau Nat Park. (Kil-a-way-a) Kilauea volcano :-) I'm going to offer up some additional info. When hiking the black sand beach to Wittington beware of nesting honu (turtles). They lay their eggs in the sand. There's a nesting season so watch for postings. The Puna coast trail in HVNP is extreme for heat. People have died from heat stroke so never skimp on water or sun protection like hats etc.... Loose fitting UV block clothing is better than sunscreen. Stash some water along the way that you can grab on your return portion. That way you don't weigh yourself down for the entire hike. It can be extremely windy too. If you're not feeling well from the heat turn around. Don't try and walk it off. Use electrolytes in your water. This can be said for most of the hike over here. The cinder cone off of Saddle rd is an old growth forest so be kind to the vegetation :-) Everything was uncrowded during 2020 but, that's not the case so much anymore as tourists are slowly returning. Thank you for not exposing many of our more remote semi secret hikes (If you know them) as many would get themselves in trouble and in need of rescue and that can soon get very expensive with new laws being proposed.